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Persian Gulf
Within five days of the Emir’s request 8,000 British troops had deployed to Kuwait including the carrier HMS Bulwark and a ...
John Silcock volunteered for 63 Coy RASC in January 1963 after completing driver training at Houndstone Camp Yeovil.He was then posted to Bahrain with B Platoon 63 Coy RASC and attached to 3 PARA under Lt Col Anthony Farrar-Hockley until March 1965.
L/Cpl Silcock was then attached to 23 Para Field Ambulance on 11 March 1965
Service History
- 1963 63 coy rasc (Driver)
- 1963 63 Company RASC (Parachute Brigade) (Lance Corporal)
- 1965 23 para field ambulance (Driver)
